HomeMy WebLinkAbout135 - 10/21/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE EQUIPMENT FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE CONGEST ORDINANCE NO. 135, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE EQUIPMENT FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR
CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY PROJECTS AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS
WHEREAS, the City has entered into a contract with the Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT) for 2003 and will receive a total of $262,400 in federal Congestion
Mitigation & Air Quality ("CMAQ") funds to be used to construct a compressed natural gas
("CNG")fueling facility,a natural gas appliance,and provide funding for an emissions repair project
to prepare the automotive industry and educate the public about on board diagnostics; and
WHEREAS, the City's required local match is $55,076, and is available in the form of
existing appropriations in the City's Equipment Fund ($52,176) and General Fund ($2,900); and
WHEREAS, construction of the CNG fueling facility, at the City's Transfort site on Trilby
Road,will provide fast fueling capability to five mini and three full-size buses,while the natural gas
appliance can be used to fuel smaller vehicles in the City's fleet and serve as stand-bylback-up to the
fast-fueling facility; and
WHEREAS,funding for the emissions repair project administered by the Clean Air program
within the Natural Resources department will be used to prepare the local automotive industry for
diagnosing and repairing on board diagnostics equipped vehicles and communicating with the
motoring public about on board diagnostics technology; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "Charter")
permits the City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the
fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with
all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the then current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of CMAQ funds ($262,400)
from the Colorado Department of Transportation,as described herein,will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Equipment Fund and General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Equipment Fund-CNG Fueling Facility and Natural Gas Appliance project,the sum of TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($251,000) from Colorado Department of
Transportation Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality funds, to be used for construction of a CNG
fueling facility and natural gas appliance.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($52,176)is hereby authorized for transfer from the
Equipment Fund operating budget to the Equipment Fund-CNG Fueling Facility and Natural Gas
Appliance project, and appropriated therein, to be used for construction of a CNG fueling facility
and natural gas appliance.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the General Fund - Emissions Repair project, the sum of ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($11,400) from Colorado Department of Transportation Congestion
Mitigation & Air Quality funds, to be used for an emissions repair project.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWO THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,900) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Natural Resources
department in General Fund to the General Fund - Emissions Repair project, for appropriation
therein.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of
October, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of October, A.D. 2003.
Mayor —C..
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of October, A):):'2003.
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